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October 6, 1909. TJ
KENTUCKY.
Nicholasville: Dr. Lilly has recently
returned from a very interesting missionary
conference held in New York.
He is engaged in preparing for the missionary
campaign in twenty cities of the
South. There were two additions to this
church by profession on Sunday, September
26.
Versailles: The resignation of Rev. Dr.
G. H. Rout, as pastor of this church is
announced. Dr. Rout has been the faithful
pastor of this large congregation ever
since his graduation from the theological
seminary, l'orty-seven years ago, and,
with the exception of Dr. H. M. Scudder.
of Carlisle, has probably held the longest
continuous pastorate of any minister of
?is church in Kentucky.
Louisvine: September zt> was a day
' Jong to be remembered at the Crebcent
Hill church. Messrs. W. Bythe, Oliver
Brown and Dr. Kiefer, as ruling elders;
and Messrs. Bonte, J. W. Brown, Huber,
Macpherson and Viser, as deacons, were
ordained and installed by the laying on
of the hands of the Session and by prayer,
and the hand of fellowship. Messrs.
Gray, Blain and Bullitt performed this service.
The only deacon to welcome the
qew officers was Mr. Watson. After an
exhortation to Humility, Loyalty and
Love, (John 13), the Lord's Supper was
observed. Each officer was presented
with a copy of the Confession of Faith,
Catechisms, Form of Government, and
Book of Discipline and Directory of Wor
ship, all together making up the Constitution
of the Church, and with a copy of
Smith's Creed of Presbyterians, and the
minutes of the Presbytery. After the
service Session met, \he new elders and
deacons, decided on the Wednesday before
the first Sunday of each month, 7:45,
as the regular monthly meeting and
called a meeting of the deacons for Tuesday,
8 p. m. to organize and get started.
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LOUISIANA.
Louisiana Presbytery will meet at La
Fayette, La., on Tuesday, October 26, at
7:30 p. m. Presbytery, at its spring
meeting at Jackson, adopted the following
: "Resolved, That the stated clerk be
instructed to ascertain the amount of indebtedness
due by the Presbytery and
make a special assessment on the churches
to meet it, the same to be paid at the
fall meeting of Presbytery. In accordance
with this action the following assessments
are due from churches: Baton
Rouge, $9; Lake Charles and Crowley,
each $8.50; Alexandria and Jackson,
each, $6.50; Plains, $6; Norwood, Baker,
Plaquemine and Archafalaya, each, $4;
Cliton, $3.50; LaFayette, Welch and ZachaYy,
each, $2; Opelousas, $1.50; Eunice
and Grace, each, 50 cents.
D. O. Byers, Stated Clerk.
MISSISSIPPI.
Red Lick: On the first Sabbath of October,
Rev. W. H. Mcintosh of ChamberIain-Hunt
Academy, Port Gibson, supplied
the Red Lick Church. On the third Sab*
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bath of each month Rev. J. W. Henderson,
of Natchez, will supply the pulpit.
Pass Christian: The Presbyterian
Church at this place was very badly damaged
by the storm of last week, the fury
of the sea being such that the building
was undermined, and coming down upon
the ground, was terribly shattered. It
will have to be made over to a large extent
before it can be used again. Al
though greatly distressed over our catastrophe,
work is beginning immediately on
the wreck. Any assistance that may be
rendered to us at this time of our need,
will be greatly appreciated, as our membership
have each suffered considerable,
property loss.
The Woman's Missionary Union of
Central Mississippi Presbytery, will hold
its first annual meeting in the First Presbyterian
Church, Jackson, October 20, 21
and 22. A splendid program has been
iii iaugeu, uuu a most proniauie meeting
is anticipated. Aside from the regular
accredited delegates all other Foreign or
Home Missionary Societies, or Ladies'
Aids, or any churches not having a
Ladies' Society, are urged to send representatives,
so that they may know
what is being done in the Union.
Miss Bertha Everts, Rec. Sec.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Concord Presbytery: At the meeting of
Presbytery held at Davidson, September
30, Mr. J. H. Brady, of the Sophomore
class, and Mr. F. F. Baker, of the Freshman
class, were taken under the care of
Presbytery as candidates for the ministry.
Rev. W. J. Sechrest was given power
to labor without the bounds of the
Presbytery. Rev. W. J. Tidball was dismissed
to Lexington Presbytery. The
Committee to review the revised proof
texts consists of Rev. Messrs. C. E. Raylial,
E. D. Brown and Prof. G. H. Hill.
Davidson: The congregation of the
Presbyterian church was highly privileged
In having Rev. L. C. Vass to fill the
pulpit on Sunday, September 26, at both
services. His addresses and exhibition of
stereopticon slides illustrative of his experiences
and work in Africa were much
removed from the ordinary in point of
interest and instruction and were heard
and seen by large audiences. The
church was taxed. Mr. Vass has
abundantly proven himself to be a
Christian hero and a man of remarkable
endurance and perseverance under great
difficulties. In the arduous labors that
have fallen to him as a missionary to the
Congo, especially in the construction of
the two Lapsley steamboats and his navigation
of the great river, his mechanical
genius and his practical ability and common
sense have stood in good stead and
enabled him to do a work that will give
him a foremost place in the history of
pioneer missions. He riehlv meHts Hm-.
ing his stay in this country all of the attention
and hospitality that Christian
courtesy and kindness can suggest. Mr.
Vass graduated at Davidson in the class
of *94.
Durham: Sunday evening, September
26, a commission of Orange Presbytery,
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consisting of Rev. Messrs. E. R. Leyburn,
Carl Barth, and M. N. M'lver, and
Elders T. B. Puller and H. C. Llnthlcum,
organized a new church at .Edgemont,
a mill community within the corporate
limits of Durham. The new organization
starts with seventy-three members,
most of whom were transferred
from the First Church. This church has
maintained a mission chapel at this point
for several years, and six months ago
Rev. Carl Barth was secured to give his
whole time to work at the Edgemont mis
sion. Mr. Barth has taken hold of the
work with energy and zeal, and has had
the great Joy of receiving about thirty
uciuucia imu me luurcn auring tne six
months of his stay there. He will now
become the regular pastor of the Edgemont
Presbyterian church, as the first
action of the new church, after ordaining
its officers, was to call him unanimously
and heartily, to become their pastor.
The new organization has a good
body of officers, and starts out most
hopefully and with great enthusiasm, and
we are expecting great things of them. ,
This is the second mission of the First
Church to be organized into a separate
church during the present pastorate. A
few years ago the mission at the Pearl
Mill was organized into the Second
church with sixty members. It now has
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another mission chapel at West Durham.
This chapel and the Second church are
ministered to by Rev. Mv N. M'lver. The
First Church also supports Rev. and Mrs.
R. L. Wharton in Cuba, and last year
gave about $5,000 for the erection of the
church building in Cardenas. The work
there is progressing finely, and is full or
hope and promise. Rev. E. R. Leyburn
and his people rejoice greatly in the progress
and growth of their various mission
enterprises.
NEW MEXICO.
Orange: Rev. W. L. Downing and Rev.
H. R. McFadyen, being urgently requested
to visit Orange, New Mexico, and hold
services, preached from Thursday, September
23 to Monday 27. This community
with one store and post office, has
been wholly destitute of preaching services,
but very few sermons ever having
been heard there. The population is
ii mi Leu, uut growing, as nne lands are
now open for settlement The present
settlers are pioneers and very few have
ever been members of any church. During
the meeting, ten persons, two men,
seven women, and one little girl, made
profession of their faith in Christ. We
hope te organize a church there soon.
There is no church of any kind in fifty
miles.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Woman's Missionary Union, of
Charleston Preshvtorv mill ?
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28-29, at Columbia. Each society of the
Union is urged to send delegates. Please
send names of delegates as soon as possible
to Mrs. S. M. Smith, -1400 Washington
Street, Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. J. A. Johnston, Sec.
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